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Siddh Kshetra – Girinar Girinar is one of the most ancient datta kshetras in India. It is situated in Junagadh City of Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. Girinar Hill is a famous Sidha kshetra(Siddhakhestra means any place where one powerful siddha meditated for an aoen(4 yugas), these days we have a habit of calling everything Siddhakshetra! ) of Lord Dattatreya. Lord Dattatreya performed penance at the top of the hill and one have to climb 10,000 (ten thousand) steps to have Datta paduka darshan. Girinar place is completely surrounded by fully forest area. A very pleasant atmosphere can be experienced by each and every visitor to this powerful kshetra.
The journey to Dattatreya Padukas is said to be made light by just two chants “Jai Girinaari” and “Digambara Digambara Sripadavallabha Digambara ” Avadhootha chinthana shree Gurudeva Datta: Avadhuthas are by nature Digambaras both externally and internally. They have gone beyond the Shunyatha or nothingness and hence are paradoxically “clad” by it.They know the “full’ or “perfect” because they know the “nothingness” or the “digambaratwam” The moment you are open to elements, the moment you remain alike to all forms of states be it happiness(sukha),sadness( dukha),digust cum fear(ghrina),etcyou remain a digambara.It means purity beyond beyond purity. Can you call empty space pure or impure in teu terms? Purity and impurity comes with a form.
Once beyond that form there is no more a question of purity or impurity! Thus Digambara is a heralding of such a state(much akin to Turiya). This is the quantum meaning implied in this pithy chant. You nevertheless have to ascribe a form to the formless and thus, the assay in the form of words “Digambara Digambara.” and thus invoke the Dattashakthi energies. Digambara means Sky-clothed, clothed with the elements; this is often applied to Siva and his disciple Lord Datattreya, but likewise to advanced adepts or ascetics. Customarily Orientalists render it “without clothes,” i.e., naked, applying the term to Siva in his character of an ascetic. But while the word, especially among the Jains, has come to have the significance of a naked mendicant, when applied to Siva, the third aspect of the Hindu Trimurti who permeates all things in all directions, it means “clothed with the sky.” Girinar means a group of mountains and they bear various temples on their peaks.
The highest peak of the entire range is of almost 1000 mtrs above ground level. This stands erect and high with a temple of lord Dattatreya on its top most point (THE SIKHARA). The very appearance of the mountain symbolizes that A GURU IS ALWAYS ON TOP OF THE WORLD. Lord Dattatreya is considered as ADI GURU or THE SUPREME POWER. So his Lotus feet are on the highest Peak of the tallest mountain which is ancient than Himalayas. Another great symbolism of Girnar is that TO REACH AND HAVE DARSHAN OF HIS HOLY FOOT PRINTS, ONE SHOULD HAVE LOT OF DETERMINATION, DEDICATION, SURRENDER AND UTMOST FAITH IN THE LORD. One should follow the same path as his guru in the same direction and then only we can reach our goal.
Lord Dattatreya is present here and he has been protecting all his devotees. The vertical view of this mountain resembles THE FACE OF A SADHU Girnar mountain is 3 miles away from the city centre of Junagadh towards east. This mountain is considered sacred by both Hindus and Jains. Several names were given to various hills and peaks of Girinar.
IT WAS CALLED GIRINARAVAN IN PRE HISTORIC TIMES AND NOW KNOWN AS MOUNT GIRINAR. The peaks of girinar are as ancient as 250 B.C. This had been a sacred place well before the Mohan-ja-Daro period and its origin can be traced back to Vedas and other holy scriptures of Indus valley Religions. The area of Girnar mountain is around 70 miles and the circumambulation is around 40 kms. To reach Lord Datta temple one has to climb nearly 9,999 steps by the path away.
Girnar is a sacred place for Jains and Hindus, which attracts a large number of pilgrims. The pilgrims climb all the steps barefoot as a belief that a person who climbs all the steps barefoot reaches Heaven. The steps are nicely built and are very gradual. The Ancient Temple of Lord Dattatreya on the top has the foot prints of his lotus feet at the temple. A controvercy/conflict had been going on about the identification and ownership of The PADUKAS of the temple between Hindus and Jains. But our Indian mythology says a story which confirms that these foot prints or Padukas belong to Lord Dattatreya. Datta Swamy idol at Shikhar A similar story says that Dattatreya left home at an early age to wander naked in search of the absolute.
He seems to have spent most of his life wandering in the area between and including North Karnataka, through Maharashtra and Andhrapradesh, and into Gujarat, as far as the Narmada River. It is believed that he performed tapa on the sikhar and so his foot prints are there. A PILIGRIM’S JOURNEY STARTS WITH the steps at Damodar Kund, near the Damodar and Baldvji temples. GIRNAR HAS MANY PEAKS OF WHICH 4 MAJOR PEAKS COME IN THE PATH WAY TO DATTA TEMPLE 1.The first halt or the first summit is after climbing 4500 steps which is a group of Jain temples.(shwetamber and digambar) temples. These are a fine example in terms ofarchitecture which portray the carvings on the temple structures.
GOUMUKHI GANGA 2.THE SECOND HALT /PEAK/SUMMIT After climbing 1000 steps( from the jain temples) there is another famous temple called AMBAJI TEMPLE. Right at the entry to the Ambaji Temple there is a marker on the steps that indicates 4868 steps from the start. This temple was constructed during `Gupt’ dynasty and reference to this temple is found in the books written in seventh century.
The temple of Amba Mata (the Mother Goddess) is visited by Hindus, Jains, and newly weds seeking blessings for a happy marriage. AMBAJI MATA on Amba Parvatha 3.THE THIRD PEAK/SUMMIT. In the southern direction from `Ambaji’ temple, there is another peak known as `Guru Gorakhnath’ peak. This is the highest peak of Girnar Hill WHERE THERE IS the Dhuna (FIRE PLACE) of Gorkhnathji, the famous and renowned saint of Nath Sampradaya. WE need to get down around 1500 steps FROM AMBAJI PEAK and again climb 500 steep steps to reach the Guru Gorakhnath Summit. GURU GORAKHNATHThere have been nine Siddhas in the Nath cult, the foremost of them is Shri Gorakh Nath who was an accomplished yogi.
This place is said to be the site of ascetism of Shri Gorakh Nath where his fire place (Dhuna) is even today present. Goraknath murthy in the temple 4.
After the Darshan of Guru Gorakhnath, the Piligrims climb down the peak to their next summit. KAMANDAL KUND Kamandal kund is known as the place where the holy Dhuni enlightened by Lord Dattatrey Maharaj is still alive.This is the only place on the Mountain where Annadanam or supply of Food is done. It is believed that the practice of annadanam is continued till date since ancient times. The food distributed here is accepted by all piligrims as Maha Prasad of Lord Dtta Guru.
Piligrims are satisfied and feel blessed by obtaining the Mahaprasad at Kamandalkund. The story of kamandal kund is as follows.Lord Dattatreya, after taking permission from his parents,left his home for meditation.
Traveling from place to place he came to Mount Girnar,which was then inundated with water.Sensing this He threw his calabash with full force.It fell on black rocks of Mount Girnar.The rocks cracked fom this force and out flowed Mother Ganga. She was pleased and told Lord Dattatreya that her flow will continue for the welfare of devotees-This place is “Kamandal Kund”. On the rocks of Mount Girnar these signs can still be seen. After that, Lord Dattatreya kindled Holy Fire, which keeps on lighting even today for the welfare of all living beings. Every Monday this holy place is opened, sacred ash from above Holy Fire removed and till 9 am in the morning devotees can have darsan of this Holy Fire.
After traditional worship, it is again covered by sacred ash. Every evening an Aarti is performed at this place.
Nagasadhu at Girinar The temple is a very small place where we can have a darshan for fraction of minutes and have to start immed iately backwards. The Mountain itself is treated as a sacred place and is prevailed by Sadhus all over of which there are Naga sadhus(naked sadhus) from Himalayas and Aghoras. FESTIVALS AT GIRNAR Gujarat state celebrates “lili parikrama” as an important festival of the State.LILI PARIKRAMA PARIKRAMA means circumbulation. During this parikrama people circumbulate the Mountain Girnar as they believe that 33 crore gods and Goddesses reside on the holy mountain and doing circumbulation to this mountain gives the result of worshipping all the gods.
So they start the Parikrama from Bhavnath Temple at the foot of Girnar cover some major peaks and complete it at bhavnath mandir again. Another story tells that Pandavas also did Parikrama after winning the war at Kurukshetra. According to Gujarati Hindu calendar Parikrama starts from Kartik Maasa 11 to 15 every year. On an average, about 7 lakh devotees attend the parikrama. In year 2003 Parikrama had attracted 1.2 million devotees. Shiva Linga elevation behind Bhavnath Temple The festival is 150 yrs old practice.
Earlier people covered 12 miles but now it has been cut short to 4-6 miles. People chant the hymns praising Lord Shiva, accompanied by bhajans (devotional songs) and folk music, people walk all the way round the illuminated Girnar hill pathways. They always try to end this journey on the full moon night at the Bhavnath temple. The parikrama which is usually attended by more than 1 lakh people every year is organized with the support of the local people, priests, police and forest department officials. Tribal people settled close to Junagadh take part in the fair as they are ardent devotees of Lord Shiva. SHIVRATRI AND DIWALI FESTIVALS: How to go to Girnar: The tourists can reach the base of the Girnar Mountain by hired auto rickshaws or taxis from junagadh city.
JUNAGADH is 327 km from Ahmedabad 102 km from Rajkot, and 113 km from Porbandar, and is accessible by ST bus from each of these places, as well as from other cities in Gujarat like Veeraval and Rajkot. Bus is recommended as the best way to get to Junagadh. By Rail Junagadh is on the railway line of Rajkot-Veraval. It is 7.5 hrs away from Ahmedabad, 2.5 hrs away from Rajkot and 2 hrs away from Veraval by Train. FROM HYDERABAD: we can reach Rajkot by RAJKOT EXPRESS on Tuesdays, and Saturdays, SC-PBR-EXPRESS on Wednesdays, RMM-OKA-EXPRESS on Saturdays.From Rajkot to Junagadh buses are available.
FROM BENGULURU TO RAJKOT:Vivek express only on Mondays. Remaining week days plan to come to ahmedabad and come to Junagadh by bus. FROM CHENNAI TO RAJKOT: NO DIRECT TRAINS ARE AVAILABLE. SO AHMEDABAD MAY BE THE DESTINATION POINT.
One can reach Ahmedabad through Chennai-Ahmedabad Navjeevan express. FROM MUMBAI: Mondays Saurastra expess, porbandar express, Saujanata express and Saurastra mail Tuesdays.Rajkot express Vivek express, Saurastra express, Hapa express, Veraval express, Saujanata express and Saurastra mail Wednesdays.Rajkot express, Saurastra express, Saurastra mail and Hapa express Thursdays.
BDTS-OKHA SPL, SC-PBR-Express, Pune- Vevaral express, other than Suarastra, suajanata and okha Fridays. Mao Hapa Sup express, saurastra, saujanata express and Saurastra mail Saturdays and Sundays Rajkot SAURASTRA SAUJANATA AND OKHA Saturdays and Sundays FROM DELHI: Monday.DEE PBR EXPRESS,PBR Express, Jat Hapa Ex Tuesday.PBR Express Wednesdayand SaturdayNO TRAINS Thursday.Dee Porbandar Express Friday.Dee Rjt Express Sunday.Uttaranchal express, JAT JAMNAGAR express By Air The nearest Airport is at Rajkot which is at 100 km from Junagadh, is connected with Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Delhi. The nearest International airport is in Ahmedabad. Girnar is situated 5 km east from Junagadh city and at a distance of 327 km from Ahmedabad.
Accommodation: THERE ARE NO HOTELS FOR FOOD AND ACCOMODATION ON THE TOP. One can stay at foot of the Girinar mountain. Dharmashalas are available for good stay. One have to start the journey by 4 to 5 a.m.
In the morning and have to come back on the same day evening. It is better to complete the journey in the day hours only. Waterpackets/ordinarybreakfast/cooldrinks/biscuits/poppins/lemon/snacks are available at stalls at high rates during the journey to Girinarshikhara. One can purchase if necessary from those stalls instead of carrying the items.
POINTS TO REMEMBER. 1.As there is high humidity which reduces after 9 a.m, it is advisable to start climbing the steps early at 4 to 5 am.to avoid hot sun 2.Even though the path way is well illuminated during nights. It is rumored that wild animals are present.
It is always better to complete the journey during day hours only 3.The best season for climbing is Winter. The path way is very slippery during Monsoon.
To enjoy nature and to avoid overcrowding, OCTOBER after Monsoon is the best month 4.While climbing avoid leather foot wear and good shoe would support the feet. 5.It is better to take a STICK as a support for climbing the steps which is available on rent basis (roughly Ten rupees only) at the foot of the mountain. 6.Take Mahaprasada at Kamandalkund without fail. 7.Persons who are maintaining the DOLIs will discourage the Piligrims who wants to climb the steps by walk. Have full faith, dedication and Devotion on Dattaguru and have darshan of Datta Maharaj.
8.Recite the nama of Dattaguru like Digambara digambara shree paada vallabha digambara or JAI GIRINARI during the entire journey. 9.Keep MOOV or VOLINI or any other pain relief creams in bags to apply on our legs/feet /knees to get relief from pains (after returning from Shikhara) 10.Ill health, Aged and Heart patients are not advisable to climb the steps.
DOLIs are available on various prices depending on the weight of the person who wants to reach the top Of the Shikhara. They will charge the amount for upward and downward journey.
Dolis are carried by only two people and the money demanded depends on the weight of the person sitting in doli. Other Places to Visit: 1.Somanath is a Jyothirlinga kshetra of Lord Shiva which is 190 kms from Rajkot. 2.Punith Bapu ashram which is nearer to foot of the Girinar mountain. Local autos are available to reach the ashram where the dattanama “HARI OM TATSAT JAIGURUDATTA” is reciting. DATTATREYA HARE KRISHNA UNMATHA AANAND DAAYAKA DIGAMBARA MUNE BAALA PISAACHA GNAANA SAAGARA!
JAI GIRINARI!! JAI GIRINARI!! As instructed by great Saints in Lord Dattatreya sampradaaya, our main motto is 1.Swashe Swashe Datta Nama Smaraatman(To live in the rememberance of Dattaguru’s existence in every breath) and 2.Paraspara Devo Bhava (Invoke the divine unto one another).
The only driving force has been our wish to propagate the Glory of Lord Dattatreya. Let your hands give a hand to his sanctuous work.
Move your feet towards his blessed Abode. With mouth, recite his holy name. In every word, feel his tenderness. Arise, awake and enjoy your inborn sovereignty. Please don’t just browse have a vision, don’t just breathinhale, don’t just feelexperience, don’t just live.leave a trace by carving your name in the heart of Lord. COME and JOIN with us.
TEAM SREE DATTA VAIBHAVAM.
Dattatreya Shri Dattatreya is a historical figure about whom much could be written. For our purposes however, we will confine his depiction here to those features important to the International Nath Order. Within the INO, Shri Dattatreya is recognized as an Avatar or divine incarnation and Adiguru (first teacher) of the Adinath Sampradaya into which Shri Mahendranath was initiated. In this sense, Dattatreya is considered as a historical figure and teacher of the highest essence of Indian thought. Many Indian traditions view Dattatreya as their Adiguru. This includes some Nath traditions still flourishing, while other Nath panths or sub-sects give this role to Shiva, the historical figure Adinath or Gorakhnath, etc. The greater Nath stream has never been a monolithic order where each initiate referring to themselves as “Nath” has conformed to a unified creation myth.
What is important to any Nath sect is the passage of wisdom from Guru to disciple in an unbroken line through the principles of initiation, instruction and practice. The Avadhuta Gita (Song of the ) is attributed to Dattatreya and is a wonderful compilation of the highest order of thought. It is written from the earthly viewpoint of a human being who cast off the fetters. This text was purportedly given to and recorded by two of Dattatreya’s disciples, Swami and Kartika.
The Markandeya Purana reports that Dattatreya dove into a lake where he stayed beneath the waters for many years. By doing so, he hoped to evade an assembly of Munis who waited patiently on the banks of the lake for his return. One day, Datta emerged from the water naked and in the company of a beautiful woman. The text relates that they made love, drank liquor and enjoyed singing and music.
In spite of this, the Munis did not abandon him and Dattatraya, accompanied by his shakti, continued to engage their practices while being served and meditated upon by those longing for moksha. In the Bhagavata Purana, Dattatreya enumerates a list of his twenty-four gurus: earth, air, ether, water, fire, sun, moon, python, pigeons, sea, moth, bee, bull elephant, bear, deer, fish, osprey, a child, a maiden, a courtesan, a blacksmith, serpent, spider, and wasp. Scholars will find this list to vary from place to place. In any case, Dattatreya was informed by nature in all of its aspects and awakened to the Absolute in understanding the divine integration of all. In, Shri Gurudev Mahendranath writes: “Shri Dattatreya was a dropout of an earlier age, than the period when Veda and Tantra merged to become one simple cult. It was men like Dattatreya who helped to make this possible. Three of his close disciples were kings, one an Asura and the other two both belonging to the warrior caste.
Dattatreya himself was regarded as an avatar of Maheshwara (Shiva) but later was claimed by Vaishnavites as the avatar of Vishnu. Not such a sectarian claim as it appears; Hindus regard Shiva and Vishnu as the same or as manifestations of the Absolute taking form.” Dattatreya is usually depicted with three heads, symbolizing Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; this signifys the three lords of Creation, Preservation and Destruction manifesting in a single human form. Read more: Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. Shri Matsyendranath Shri Matsyendranath is a historical figure said by some scholars to have lived about 1000 years ago.
1000 C.E.) He is considered by many to be the founder of the broader Nath Order as a distinct sect. While the Naths had actually been known much earlier, he did initiate a revival by combining the three viewpoints of Siddha, Kaula (Tantrik) and Nath teachings. Shri Maytsyendranath developed a bit of a public relations problem during the Puranic period. There is where he was said to have lived in the “City of Women” and took their queen as his consort. While some believe an awakened adept would have known what he was doing, the story informs us that his chief disciple, Shri Gorakhnath was moved to action with the intent of saving his Gurudev from that fleshy involvement.
Shri Gorakhnath went on to emphasize the yoga of meditation within a sannyasi order and is considered the Adiguru of the largest Nath Panth in India. Shri Matsyendranath is still revered in Nepal and many parts of Northern India. Of considerable interest to the modern INO, is the Kaula confluence between both Shri Matsyendranath and Shri Pagala Baba. Read more: Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. Shri Sadguru Lokanath Shri Sadguru Lokanath was a Nath guru and avadhut from the area of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India.
Shri Lokanath was the first Indian guru of Shri Mahendranath and initiated him into the Hindu sect of the Adinath Sampradaya as a sannyasin in 1953. Shri Lokanath taught disciples of his own choosing the science of the divine. He insisted his disciples live alone in lonely places without distractions until they reached the goal. He wrote no books or treatises, preferring to shun attention or publicity. There is no known photo of Shri Sadguru Lokanath. Shri Pagala Baba Shri Pagala Baba (born:1871, died: Oct. 1967) was a Bengali who had a small ashram on the outskirts of Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Both his birth name and initiation name are unknown. He was referred to in that area as Panch Mistry, and later as Pagal Mistry because he refused to touch money.
Finally, the name Pagal Baba took hold though he was addressed simply as Baba by those devoted to him. According to Shri Gurudev Mahendranath, Pagal Baba was recognized by all in the north of India as being the guru of the Uttara Kaula sect and holder of that ancient parampara.
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath received initiation into the Uttara Kaula from Shri Pagala Baba and parampara in 1967 upon the mahasamadhi (death) of Shri Pagala Baba. Read More: Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev.
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